Abortion Issue

The Supreme Court's decision Tuesday to allow nearly a dozen Texas abortion clinics to stay open while it considers whether to review an an onerous new antiabortion law was not just a welcome course of action for women in that state. It was also a promising indication that the court is concerned about the burdensome and unnecessary law, which requires clinics to be outfitted as ambulatory surgical centers and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. If the law had gone fully into effect Wednesday, it would have shuttered 10 more abortion clinics and left Texas with just nine clinics operating. The law's admitting privileges requirement, which went into effect...

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